Ubuntu Manpage: MPI_Bsend_init - Builds a handle for a buffered send

NAME

       MPI_Bsend_init -  Builds a handle for a buffered send

SYNOPSIS

       int MPI_Bsend_init(const void *buf, int count, MPI_Datatype datatype,
                          int dest, int tag, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Request *request)

INPUT PARAMETERS

       buf    - initial address of send buffer (choice)
       count  - number of elements sent (integer)
       datatype
              - type of each element (handle)
       dest   - rank of destination (integer)
       tag    - message tag (integer)
       comm   - communicator (handle)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       request
              - communication request (handle)

THREAD AND INTERRUPT SAFETY

       This  routine is thread-safe.  This means that this routine may be safely used by multiple
       threads without the need for any user-provided thread locks.  However, the routine is  not
       interrupt  safe.   Typically, this is due to the use of memory allocation routines such as
       malloc or other non-MPICH runtime routines that are themselves not interrupt-safe.

NOTES FOR FORTRAN

       All MPI routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME  and  MPI_WTICK  )  have  an  additional
       argument  ierr  at  the  end  of  the  argument list.  ierr is an integer and has the same
       meaning as the  return  value  of  the  routine  in  C.   In  Fortran,  MPI  routines  are
       subroutines, and are invoked with the call statement.

       All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype , MPI_Comm ) are of type INTEGER in Fortran.

ERRORS

All MPI routines (except MPI_Wtime and MPI_Wtick ) return an error value; C routines as
the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. Before the value is
returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts
the MPI job. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler (for
communicators), MPI_File_set_errhandler (for files), and MPI_Win_set_errhandler (for RMA
windows). The MPI-1 routine MPI_Errhandler_set may be used but its use is deprecated.
The predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be
returned. Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can continue past an
error; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever possible.

MPI_SUCCESS
- No error; MPI routine completed successfully.
MPI_ERR_COMM
- Invalid communicator. A common error is to use a null communicator in a call
(not even allowed in MPI_Comm_rank ).
MPI_ERR_COUNT
- Invalid count argument. Count arguments must be non-negative; a count of zero is
often valid.
MPI_ERR_TYPE
- Invalid datatype argument. Additionally, this error can occur if an uncommitted
MPI_Datatype (see MPI_Type_commit ) is used in a communication call.
MPI_ERR_RANK
- Invalid source or destination rank. Ranks must be between zero and the size of
the communicator minus one; ranks in a receive ( MPI_Recv , MPI_Irecv ,
MPI_Sendrecv , etc.) may also be MPI_ANY_SOURCE .

MPI_ERR_TAG
- Invalid tag argument. Tags must be non-negative; tags in a receive ( MPI_Recv ,
MPI_Irecv , MPI_Sendrecv , etc.) may also be MPI_ANY_TAG . The largest tag value
is available through the the attribute MPI_TAG_UB .